social dividend

The Greek government has decided to put a pilot program in motion which is estimated to cost 80 million euros. The aim is to provide free Internet access to more than 150,000 families. The people who will participate in this...

The Greek Ministry of Infrastructure is offering social dividend recipients 12 months of free internet access, as well as training on how to use computers. The ministry's decision was announced on Wednesday by the General Secretary of Telecommunications-Post and Digital Convergence,...

The Deputy Minister of Finances Christos Staikouras  the Deputy Minister of Labor Vasilis Kegeroglou, the General Secretary of Public Revenue Harris Theoharis as well as PASOK MPs Philippos Sahinidis, Giorgos Koutroumanis and Christos Protopappas held a meeting to discuss the expansion of eligibility criteria for the social dividend benefit. The...

The total amount of money paid to 200,000 beneficiaries as a social dividend sums up to 133.2 million euros. Up to 205,912 households had already applied until the end of the first deadline, initially set May 3. Successful applicants...

Greece's state-run labor agency OAED has released data for the period 2010-2014 showing a 45% increase in unemployment registrations but 47% fewer recipients of the relevant benefit, which means that despite the dole queue getting 328,208 people longer, somehow 138,824 fewer receive unemployment benefit. Unemployment is...

A striking fact was revealed after the processing of last year’s tax returns in Greece. During the process of determining the beneficiaries of social dividend it was found that 1.85 million Greek taxpayers are living as guests. Out of the...

It appears that the avarice in Greece has exceeded every limit as many wealthy Greeks are applying for the social dividend benefit of 500 euros. At the same time thousands of applications by impoverished people are rejected as they might...